Tag: India

Discussion focused around digital and data-driven healthcare outreach and delivery, indigenous ecosystem, consolidation of back-end operations and mitigation of value chain risks...................

The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India (Office of PSA) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) have jointly initiated a decentralized, bottom-up, and inclusive process for the formulation of a new national Science Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP 2020)..................

Over 2500+ representatives across forensics, medical, law enforcement, legal, judiciary, and academia participated in a virtual conference hosted by Gujarat Forensic Sciences University that called for stepping up DNA evidence ‘collect & test’ in India to combat expected surge in rape cases...........................

In a webinar, the top Indian officials presented the sectoral view and the investment opportunities in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry in India to Japanese industry representatives.......................

While the world has approx. 4.1 deaths/lakh population, India has about 0.2 deaths/lakh population comparatively. So far, more than 24 lakh samples have been tested.................

Being the first and only approved treatment option available for people living with SSc-ILD, the approval constitutes a breakthrough in an area of high unmet need. Following the FDA’s approval in September 2019, Nintedanib in SSc-ILD has so far been approved in 15 countries including the European Union, Canada, Japan and Brazil.................

In his letter to the Prime Minister, Mr Rajiv Nath, Forum Coordinator, Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AiMeD) highlighted the key issues that Indian Medical Devices industry has been requesting the government to address including 90% import dependence.................

In a major breakthrough, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Virology (NIV) at Pune has developed and validated the indigenous IgG ELISA test for antibody detection for COVID-19. ICMR has also partnered with Zydus Cadila for mass-scale production of the ELISA test kits...................

Thermo Fisher Scientific will host live webinar on comprehensive solutions and offerings from detection to vaccine research and manufacturing in India......................

Abbott will begin shipping to India by the end of May and will scale up to meet the demands subsequently. The test demonstrated specificity and sensitivity of greater than 99 percent 14 days or more after symptoms started.....................